Foreign Languages Department
Contact Information
Victoria Ketz
Department Chair
Email: vketz@iona.edu
Phone: (914) 637-2738
Office hours:
Tuesday
10:30 - 11:00 am
Wednesday
By appointment
Thursday
10:30 - 11:00 am, 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Course Descriptions
JPN 103, 104. Elementary Japanese I and II
Gradual development of the four language skills: comprehension, speaking, reading and writing, with an early introduction to short excerpts from contemporary literary works and Japanese culture. Three hours of class instruction and one hour of laboratory work per week. Credit for students with no previous study of Japanese. Special fee required. 6 credits (3 credits per semester). JPN 103 - Fall; JPN 104 - Spring
JPN 203, 204. Intermediate Japanese I and II
Designed to review the structure of the language, to strengthen the student’s aural/oral ability to communicate in basic everyday life situations in Japanese, and to introduce Katakana, and Hiragana, two of the three main types of Japanese characters. Prerequisite: JPN 104 or equivalent. Special fee required. 6 credits (3 per semester). JPN 203 - Fall; JPN 204 - Spring
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